A review by baileys_books
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I rarely cry over books, and even less so when I read in public. I read the second half of this book out at a bar, and was unashamed in my tears. The prose are absolutely heart wrenching and beautiful. The epistolary nature of Red and Blue’s correspondence was so unique and raw - words mean so much more when you’re not speaking, only sending letters through increasingly untraceable and unknowable means thousands of years apart. 
I cannot wait to read this again.